It's the AI's fault, not mine: Mind perception increases blame attribution to AI.

ABSTRACT: Can artificial intelligences (AIs) be held accountable for moral transgressions? Current research examines how attributing human mind to AI influences the blame assignment to both the AI and the humans involved in real-world moral transgressions. We hypothesized that perceiving AI as having a human mind-like qualities would increase moral blame directed towards AI while decreasing blame attribution to human agents involved. Through three empirical studies-utilizing correlational methods with real-life inspired scenarios in Study 1 and employing experimental manipulations in Studies 2 and 3-our findings demonstrate that perceiving mind in AI increases the likelihood of blaming AIs for moral transgressions. We also explore whether it also diminishes the perceived culpability of human stakeho

SUBMITTER: Joo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11654982 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature